From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 24 23:06:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02574 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:06:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02564 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:06:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA04641; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:06:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:06:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Stan Brown cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: PAO questions In-Reply-To: <199702240145.UAA16116@netcom20.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I just suceded in gettting my Toshiba 500CDT to run FreeBSD and connect > to my network. Now I have a couple of questions. > > If I install using the PAO boot disk, will the PAO patches get put in > by the install, or will I need to manually add them afterwards? ( I am > currently at 2.1.5 and am thinking about going to 2.2GAMA as long as > I'm installing). The PAO bootdisk is a bit of a tricky fellow. You have to run /stand/PAOsetup after you get installed. This builds the necessary tools & installs the necessary kernel patches to get you all up to date. The documentation included with the PAO distribution is very, very good -- I highly suggest reading it before starting! > Does 2.2 GAMA includethe Xfree 3.2 stuff. if not what vesrion of XFree > does it include? Both 2.1.7 and 2.2 will include XFree86 3.2. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major